> Hello people, i installed a Gentoo 2006.0 with a LiveCD and i noticed > make.conf is full of USE flags (a lot of em really) which every now and > then cause emerges to merge a lot of packages that i dont need, so i > wanted to ask if there is an advisable minimum set of flags that i could > use. > > Thanks in advance > > Rafael
Hi, IMHO the USE flags setting is what differentiates me from mostly everyone else - some kind of a DNA of a Gentoo user. I think you'll have to make yourself a cup of coffee, read the whole of /usr/portage/profiles/use.desc and decide on your own. Maybe someone might come up with a set of flags your would probably want to have set, but you're apparently interested in disabling features to get rid of some unwanted stuff. And I think there's no telling what flags should be disabled generally. You have to decide what you want your system to look like, only you know the environment (network, HW, ...), the apps you'd like to use, etc. To give you an impression, here's my set of flags and its background: USE="-3dfx 3dnow X a52 aac -accessibility -acl acpi -afs -aim alsa -altivec -apm -arts bash-completion -bidi -bluetooth bzip2 -canna -cdinstall cdr -chasen -cjk -clamav crypt cups curl -debug -dedicated -directfb -doc dri dv dvd dvdr -emacs -emacs-w3 -emboss encode -esd -examples exif -fbcon ffmpeg -firefox flac -foomaticdb -fortran -freewnn ftp -gb gif glut -gnome -gnustep -gphoto2 -gpm gstreamer gtk2 -guile -ibm iconv icq -ieee1394 imagemagick imap -ipv6 -jabber -jack java javascript jikes -joystick jpeg jpeg2k -kde -kdeenablefinal -kerberos -krb4 -ldap -leim -lirc lm_sensors mad -maildir -mailwrapper -matrox mbox -mcve -migemo mikmod mime -minimal mmap mmx mng -mono mozilla mp3 mpeg -mpi -msn -mule -multilib nas ncurses -netboot -nis nls nocd -nocxx nptl nsplugin -ocaml offensive -ofx ogg openal opengl -pcmcia pcre -pda pdf -pfpro png posix -ppds -prelude quicktime -radius recode -ruby samba -sasl -scanner sdl -skey -smartcard sndfile -snmp -soap sockets -socks5 sox speex spell sse sse2 ssl svg -symlink sysvipc szip -tcpd theora threads tiff truetype unicode usb userlocales -v4l vcd -vhosts videos vorbis -wifi win32codecs wmf xine -xinerama xmms xosd xpm xprint xv xvid -yahoo zlib" I would say this is a consistent set, more or less proven by time (at least it tweaks my Gentoo to do what I expect it to), but be warned that I'm no Gentoo-guru.:) Regards -Roman -- [email protected] mailing list
